The first leg of what Daimler Truck Southern Africa’s CEO and President Maretha Gerber describes as the company’s journey towards a decarbonised future in South Africa has been taken with the handover of the first Mercedes-Benz eActros truck tractor to Fast ‘n Fresh, a DP World company.
The handover took place at Cargo Commercial Vehicles Airport, one of the four major dealerships tasked by DTSA with handling these battery electric trucks into the future and was attended by top level management from DTSA, the dealership, DP World and Woolworths, the customer which will be serviced by this rig.
The high level of delegates matched the importance of this occasion – not only for the companies involved but more so for the giant leap being taken by these companies in linking hands as fore-runners in meeting the challenges being presented to the world by climate change. It’s all about ensuring a sustainable future and FleetWatch applauds these companies on taking the first step in driving forward the realisation of a decarbonised future.
FleetWatch will be watching this development and the test results closely over the next six months – which is the time-span for the trials – but in the meantime, the good news is that the eActros is out the starting blocks and on the way with DP World to secure a brighter future for our grandkids. It’s the way to go. Yeah!
In the accompanying video, FleetWatch editor Patrick O’Leary chats to Maretha Gerber, CEO and President of Daimler Trucks Southern Africa and Hilgard Coetzee, Managing Director of Imperial Fast ‘n Fresh on this milestone move.
